Update Available as of 11am November 5

[kid320]

...not sure what it is.

I checked for an update this morning around 11am. It said there was one and didn't tell me what it was, but it downloaded and asked me to install. I am guessing this is either Froyo or a GPS fix?

I attempted to install it. The phone rebooted and it went to a white/blue screen that said it was installing a software update. It took about 10 seconds, then said "update failed - restarting phone"

The phone rebooted, still with 2.1. When I go in to check for updates, I got a message that said "No Firmware." So, I had to set the date forward to check for updates anymore.

Not sure why the update failed... perhaps because I am rooted?

Hopefully, other people will get this notification when they force check for an update.

I have tried this 3 times (by setting my date manually forward a day or so). I have set all of the renamed bloatware back to their stock names (from .bak to .apk). I think I got all of them. I have one of the unofficial firmware releases on it that I installed using ODIN. Perhaps this is my problem?

Does anybody else have an update notification when they force an update? Are you able to install it?

 

[myk26]

I'm not rooted and Kies says my firmware is up to date (2.1)....no update notifications of any kind.

 

[kid320]

I'm not rooted and Kies says my firmware is up to date (2.1)....no update notifications of any kind.

Yea, Kies wasn't giving me anything either. I checked on my phone VIA Settings>Software Update>Check For Update

I think it might be the unofficial firmware that I have on the phone that is causing the problem (and possibly the update notification?) I am considering going back to the stock firmware build that came with the phone (if I can find a way to do this). I am afraid that if I install the stock firmware, something goofy will happen and I won't have an update notification anymore.

I just want to see if others are getting this notification and can confirm what this update is before I take all of that time and end up in the same place I am right now.

If it helps anybody, this is what my phone currently displays:

Model Number: Samsung-SGH-I897
Firmware Version: 2.1-update1
Baseband Version: I897UCJH3
Kernel Version: 2.6.29
jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2
Build Number: ECLAIR.UCJF6

I had to change one of them (perhaps the baseband version?) to display a different version so I could view all of the market apps. Perhaps that is part of the problem?

 

[SlappyMcgee]

You can use Odin to go back to 100% stock.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

 

[kid320]

You can use Odin to go back to 100% stock.

[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY - xda-developers

Thanks a lot for that link. I will try that if I decide to go back to stock... but I am not about to do it right now until I get confirmation on what this update it. Since nobody has said anything about having an update available leaves me thinking one of two things. One, I might be the lucky winner of an AT&T contest and they are giving me, and only me, a Froyo update, or I never received the latest official 2.1 update and the phone didn't realize it until today.

 

[anneoneamouse]

The link that Slappy posted to the XDA forum WILL NOT take you back to 100% stock.

Flashing that ROM will not allow you to get the AT&T OTA update, you get either "update failed" or "failed to connect", I forget which.

I think you can still get the AT&T update into that ROM via Kies though.

Safest way to retain your 100% stock is to take a Nandroid backup *before* you attempt to change anything.

I didn't.

AoN

 

[s2h2golf]

Since your baseband says JH3 (non-stock) and the newest update that was released in September was JH7, I would say the notification you are getting is the update everyone has already got.